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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Taemas Bridge Demonstration

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 2

A VERY satisfactory meeting of the general committee was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon, to wind up the affairs in connection with the Taemas bridge…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 3

It having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish road, notice is given that a plan and book of reference, showing the intended line of the road in question, are now…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 4

It having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish road, notice is given that a plan and book of reference, showing the intended line of the road in question, are now…

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Railway Employees' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 4

MR. W. F. SCHEY, M.L.A., opened a branch of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Employees' Association in Queanbeyan on Saturday evening, at a well-attended meeting of…

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The Yass Tramway

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

THROUGH the exertions of our energetic member, Mr. Thomas Colls, M.P., the sum of, £15,000 has been placed on the Estimates for a tramway into Yass. We hope the…

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The Railway Policy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 3

IT is the intention of Sir Henry Parkes to announce to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday the decision of the Government with regard to the railway policy…

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Proposed Young-dubbo Railway. Public Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 2

IN pursuance of un announcement that had appeared in the local papers, a public meeting held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening to take some steps in co-operating with Grenfell and…

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The Yass Tramway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 2

THROUGH the exertions of the energetic member for Yass Plains (Mr. Thomas Colls), the sum of £15,000 has been placed on the estimates for a tramway to Yass from the railway station…

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Railway Agitation

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 2

ADVANTAGE was taken of the occasion of Mr. Oram's auction land sale at Peelwood to gain an expression of opinion relative to the projected railway from Crookwell to Tuena. The…

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Gininderra Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 8

IN the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Garrett in reply to Mr. O'Sullivan, said that it was not known that the roads leading from Hall to Wallaroo, and to George Gillespie's farm, in the…

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News By. Cable. The New Zealand Railway Commissioners. LONDON, May 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 4

The candidates for the position of Chairman to the New Zealand Railway Commissioners are regarded as unsuitable. Sir F. Dillon Boll will probably select a gentleman for the position…

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The Railway Policy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 4

At a meeting of the Cabinet held on Friday afternoon, the railway policy of the Government was under consideration, but no definite decision was arrived at with…

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The Railway Commissionership

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 4

No decision has yet been arrived at by the Government in regard to the appointment of a chairman to the Board of Commissioners under the new Railway Act…

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Suicide of a Railway Official at Hay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 2

HAY, Monday.—Rumours have been circulated for some days past that the accounts of the stationmaster, Mr. William M'Kee, were wrong. An officer from Sydney came to investigate the…

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The “Forbes Times” on the Young-dubbo Railway. a Severe Knock for Local Advocates

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 3

SOME time ago Mr. Byron Squire succeeded in getting up a kind of weak-kneed agitation m Grenfell, but save providing the local newspaper with a column or so of matter, nothing more seems to…

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The Eastgrove Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 2

MR. SUTHERLAND laid upon the table of the House on Wednesday evening copies of the correspondence and other documents with reference to the erection of a subway or a footbridge across…

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Differential Railway Rates in New South Wales. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 3

SIR,—The above is a subject which has received very great consideration end study by too for many years, as many of your readers are aware. Time after time have my views appeared in print,…

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The Railway Policy—Goulburn to Crookwell Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Cabinet held on Tuesday the railway proposals of the Government were again under consideration. Before announcing their final decision the Ministry are, we…

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Parish Road

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 2

It is proposed to open the undermentioned road; objections thereto may be lodged with tho clerk of the Executive Council within one month from the 11th instant:--Road from the…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 8

IT having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish roads, notice is given that plans and books of reference showing the intended lines of the roads in question are…

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